Wheel-fender.



M. VAN GELDER.

WHEEL FENDER.

APPLICATION mun JUNE 4, 1912.

1,050,405, Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

WITNEsSEg .11 l v T INVENIOR QXQ K QUL ATIORNEYS UNITED STATES OFFICE.

MARTINUS VAN GELDEB, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

W EEL-smite 7 To all whom it may concern: 2 I

Be it known that I, MAnrrNUs VAN Guzman, a subject of the Queen of the Netherlands,

residing in the city and county of lihiladel phia, State of Pennsylvania, have invent-ed a. new and useful Wheel-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consi ts of a shield or guard of resilient. material applicable to an automobile or other vehicle in front'of a wheel thereof, so as to preventa person in the path of said wheel from striking against the latter, while on the contrary's'aid shield receives the impact of the person, thus reducing the force of the blow to which he is subjected, and minimizing the danger-of skidding occasioned by the blow the shield be-- in'g adapted also to deflect the person later ally and land him a comparatively safe distance from the wheel especially at the side thereof.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,-but the im* portant instrumenvta-lities thereof may be varied, and so it is tobe understood that the invention is not limited to the specific ar rangement and organization "shown and do; scribed.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of. a wheel shield or guard embodying my invention and including a portion of an automobile to which the same is applicable. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3..rep-

resents a front. elevation of a. port-ion there-.

of. Fig. 4 represents another,embodiment of my invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the figures.

"Referring to the ]-'ra wings:'1 designates one of the wheels of an automobile, 'the' stimo being mounted un t-he portion 2 of the running gear, as usual in such cases, and 3 designates one of the front-spri gs of the ve-' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled June 4, 1912. Serial No. 701,629.

Patented Jan.- 14,1913.

at the side of the wheel, especially at the 'front portion thereof or forward of the hub of the wheel. It will be seen that if a person is in the path of saidwheel he may be struck by the shield, which owing to its resilient nature will yield and so materiall break or reduce the force of the blow whic the person ma receive. Then the .person will be shear over the shield laterally to the outer terminal of the same and projected out from the path of the wheel and so prevented from bein run over an wedged under the shield. win

to the im' act of the person against the s ield, the utter will yield rearward and be brought iorcibly a alnst the wheel, thus acting as a brake wish at least will check the 'speed'of the vehicle.

In order to provide a. strong connection for the limb of the shield with the bracket 4, I provide the braces 9 which extend from the sides of said bracket to the head 6 and are secured thereto by the bolts 10 and nuts 11 I Bolts 12 are passed through said head 6 and the limb 7 0 the shield and tightened by the nuts 13,.said head stiffening said limb and serving with the braces 9 to secure the shield to the bracket in a firm and durable manner. 1 i

In Fig. 4 I show an arm orbraclcet 4 whichvis adapted to be secured by the clip 14 to the stationary member loiofthe axle of the wheel in lieu of the springj'shownin the' other figures, without, however, materially producing different results from those hereinbefore named.

The corners of the rear end of the-shield are rounded so that iiportion of the body of the-person striking the shield should come in contact with said end, such port-ions will not be cut or otherwise injured, which wontd not be the case if such corners were angular. Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Ina vehicle having a swiveled steering wheel, a ln-m-ketscrurcd to the rigid frame of such vehicle to project forward of such wheel, and a resilient plate supported upon the forward end of said bracket and curved to extend in front an around the side of said wheel to allow free swiveled movementof the same.

curvedbracket secured tothe rlgid frame of wheel, and a r 2; lb 3. vehicle halving a swiveledsteering. of said wheel to allow wheel, a forwardly p'rqect-ing and laterally ment of the same.

MARTINUS VAN GE D'ER.

WVilzriesses:

.JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

N. BUSSINGER.

free swiveled movesuch vehicle to i'oject forward of such exi ent sheet-metal plate secared to the oufier end 'of said br'acket and curved to extend'around the front and side 

